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amphora
Object Type
amphora
Museum number
1952,0505.14
Description
Fragment of body of Clazomenian black-figure painted pottery broad amphora. Male foot and animal's tail: the transformed companions of Odysseus.
School/style
Urla group
Cultures/periods
North Ionian
Archaic Greek
Production date
550BC-500BC
(possibly circa 530BC (S.Weber))
Production place
Made in:
Clazomenae
(?)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Tell Dafana
Materials
pottery
Ware
Black Figure
Technique
painted
incised
Dimensions
Width:
6 centimetres
(max)
Curator's comments
Possibly part of same pot as BM GR 1888,0208.114 and 1888,0208.106.e showing Circe, Odysseus and a companion who has been turned into a boar: the style is similar and the tail suggests the same incident.
Bibliographic references
CVA British Museum 8 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 13, British Museum 8
(Pl. GB 590, 20-21)
Weber 2012 / Untersuchungen zur archaischen griechischen Keramik aus anderen ägyptischen Fundorten
(TD 164)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
Acquisition date
1952
Acquisition notes
Acquisition details unclear in available documentation.
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1952,0505.14
Joined objects
Associated Group:
G16586
(3 objects)